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RBI Assistant Previous Year Exam Analysis

RBI Assistant Previous Year Exam Analysis 2020: We bring you today the previous year exam analysis of RBI Assistant 2020 by PracticeMock. The last year exam turned out to be a moderate to a difficult one. That’s the least you expect from the regulatory body – RBI. The general awareness section was the most difficult one out of all.  

 

RBI Assistant Exam Pattern for 2020 Exam Mains

Serial Number Name of Test No. of Question Maximum Marks Duration
1. Test Of English Language 40 40 30 minutes
2. Test of Reasoning 40 40 30 minutes
3. Test Of Computer Knowledge 40 40 20 minutes
4. Test Of General Awareness 40 40 25 minutes
5. Test of Numerical Ability 40 40 30 minutes
Total 200 200 135 minutes

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Good Attempts for RBI Assistant Mains 2020

Subject Good Attempt
Test Of English Language 21 – 25
Test of Reasoning 17- 22
Test Of Computer Knowledge 28 – 32
Test Of General Awareness 20- – 25
Test of Numerical Ability 13 – 17
Overall Good Attempts for the test 107 – 115

The good overall attempt percentage was 54-57.5, which also states that nearly half of the paper wasn’t mean to be attempted.  

English Language Section

Topic No. of Questions Level
Reading Comprehension 8 Moderate
Cloze Test 8 Moderate
Sentence Rearrangement 5 Moderate
Filler & Word Rearrangement 5 Moderate
Match the Column 5 Moderate
Phrase Replacement 5 Moderate
Miscellaneous 4 Moderate
Total 40 Moderate

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Reasoning Ability Section

Topic No. of Questions Level
Puzzle and Seating Arrangement 20 Moderate – Difficult
Short Puzzles 1 Moderate
Coding Decoding 5 Moderate
Data Sufficiency- 2 statements based 5 Moderate
Alphabet Based- Word Formation 1 Moderate – Difficult
Alphabet Pairing 1 Moderate
Blood Relation 3 Moderate
Direction Sence 2 Easy – Moderate
Identify the Odd one out (letter based) 1 Moderate
Miscellaneous 1 Moderate
Total 40 Moderate

General Awareness Section (Difficult)

  1. Inter Parliamentary Union’s Head is from which country?
  2. Identify among the given options which was not a foreign bank.
  3. ICGS-C452 is built by?
  4. Lewis drives which car?
  5. Malabar exercise
  6. Solicitor General of India is appointed by whom
  7. How many members are there in the US Senate?
  8. Theme of budget
  9. CEO of HDFC Bank
  10. TN Krishnan- obituary
  11. Sean Connery- obituary
  12. National Civil Service Day
  13. Pandemonium Book
  14. Kia Motors

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Numerical Ability Section

Topic No. of Questions Level
DI 15 Calculative- Difficult
Approximation 5 Moderate
Arithmetic 20 Moderate to Calculative
Total 40 Calculative

Computer Knowledge Section (Moderate)

The following topics were asked in the mains examination of RBI Assistant 2020. 

  • Shortcut keys
  • MS Office
  • Computer Memory
  • Basics of Computer Operations
  • Computer Security and Virus

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RBI Assistant Cut-Off Mains 2020-21

RBI Assistant Final Cut off 2020-21
OfficeGeneralEWSOBCSTSC
Ahmedabad123.5112.5108.25112
Bengaluru99.2594
Bhopal121.25118.25116.5103.75109.25
Bhubaneshwar103.25103.2587.7595.5
Chandigarh111100.2582.75
Chennai121108.5119.75101.5
Guwahati105.75105.7597.2572.25
Hyderabad121104111.598
Jaipur114.25103.598.7591.5
Jammu123.25108.5111.75
Kanpur & Lucknow117.75105.259192
Kolkata126.75122.75114.25
Mumbai86.2586.2576.2586.25
Nagpur103.5103.5
New Delhi116.75115.75106.595
Patna108.25106.25107.590.25
Thiruvananthapuram & Kochi114.2590.5114.25

RBI Assistant Mains Cut Off 2021: Category-Wise

SectionsGen/EWS
(Out of 40)
OBC
(Out of 40)
SC/ST
(Out of 40)
Reasoning141211
English Language141211
GA141211
Computer141211
Numerical Ability141211

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Vishwas Agarwal

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